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Series: Yale Series of Younger Poets
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The 119th winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize places science at the heart of his powerful poems. For John Liles, science and the natural world form a route into the workings of love, of grief, and of joy in the thrum of life....
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The 119th winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize places science at the heart of his powerful poems.
For John Liles, science and the natural world form a route into the workings of love, of grief, and of joy in the thrum of life. Judge Rae Armantrout calls his poems "dense, sonically gorgeous studies of various natural things and creatures, including light, bees, minerals, shellfish and crabs, insects, and the workings (and failure) of the heart."
Written under the shadow of our changing climate, Liles's poems are tender elegies but also praise-songs for the continual unfolding richness of the world. Writes Liles, "oh unending animal, / you go where / the light goes."
Bees, and After is a poignant exploration that blends the intimacy of human emotion with the grander scale of the natural universe.
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ISBN: 9780300279429
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 May 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Contributors:
- Foreword by Rae Armantrout
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 96
About the Author
John Liles is a poet, science writer, and living mammal. His chapbook Following the dog down was the recipient of the Omnidawn Chapbook Prize. He lives in Fort Bragg, CA. Rae Armantrout is the award-winning author of eighteen books of poetry, most recently Finalists, Conjure, and Wobble.
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